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Mr Gadd presented the court with three character references for Vickery which all said he was a kind and considerate young man who immediately regretted what he had done.

"This was down to a lack of maturity - he is only 19 and this was his first experience of love and of love lost," said Mr Gadd.

Vickery admitted both assaults by beating and Chairman of the bench Andrew Hill said he should pay his victim £50 compensation for the "mental anguish" of the first assault and £150 compensation for the second assault.